Meaning

3 senses
  1. (not comparable)That cries.

    The crying child on the street was evidently lost.

    пла́чущийpláčuščij

  2. (not comparable)That demands action or attention; desperate.

    There is a crying need for more manual workers in this country.

    demanding attention

  3. (not comparable)That deserves rebuke or censure; deplorable.

    It is a crying shame that he managed to get away with that!

Translations

1 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
that cries:

Origin

From cry + -ing.

From cry + -ing.

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Synonyms

15 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

6 antonyms

Word family

2 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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